Re: Bug#339136: Changes in stat package output break apt-move

[Michael Stone]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:42:12AM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
>  With stat, a specified format is no longer automatically newline terminated.
>  If you want a newline at the end of your output, append `\n' to the format
>  string.

Hmm. I don't know if I like this change--it really screws with
compatability without offering any obvious advantage in my mind.

Mike Stone